Harmonic Language in Opera

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This opens up the possibility for brassy elegance in keys like Ab major or outright brashness in the key of F. Featured brass parts, whether a cornet solo or the entire section, were never written in sharp keys like E major. On the other hand, slightly sharp keys are preferable for the tone and intonation of string instruments due to the prevalence of open strings (E, A, D, G, C and such) in the key...
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The great composer Johannes Brahms understood that, symphonically, he could achieve a certain impression only in the "sunny key of D major" because of where the open strings lay on the violin. Even still, the emotions associated with a particular key date back to the days before Bach, when composers did not write for even temperament...
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